TRACKING ID: LAC-IEE-17-46


Simplified Amendment

PROJECT/ACTIVITY DATA

Project/ Activity Name: / Transport Operations for Haiti – Elections 2015
Amendment (Y/N): / YES
Implementation Start/End: / June 2015/FY2018
Solicitation/Contract/Award Number: / AID-521-IO-15-00001
Implementing Partner(s): / UNOPS
Geographic Location(s): / Haiti
Tracking ID/link:
Tracking ID/link of Related RCE/IEE (if any): / LAC-IEE-17-40 and LAC-IEE-16-30
Tracking ID/link of Other, Related Analyses:

ORGANIZATIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Implementing Operating Unit(s):
(e.g. Mission or Bureau or Office) / USAID/Haiti
Funding Operating Unit(s):
(e.g. Mission or Bureau or Office) / USAID/Haiti
Funding Account(s): / PIO Letter of Credit
Funding Amount: / $12,553,841.00
Amendment Funding Amount: / Amendment Funding Date: / NCE: October to December 2017
Other Affected Unit(s): / n/a
Lead BEO Bureau: / LAC
Prepared by: / Christopher Shields, Sr. Advisor, EPP Haiti
Date Prepared: / July 14, 2017

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE REVIEW DATA

Analysis Type: / IEE Amendment
Environmental Determination(s):
Additional Analyses/Reporting Required:
Analysis Expiration Date:

1.0 PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The IEE-16-30 "Pillar D: Governance" covering a previous iteration of this activity (TEC of $5.8 million) was approved in April 2016. In June 2016, the Total Estimated Cost for the award was increased to $12.5 million to allow for an expansion of the workalready listed in the IEE. In March 2017, desiring to make a full assessment of the logistics performance during the electoral cycle, UNOPS requested a six month No-Cost-Extension to conduct this assessment, as well as to one additional activity. The new activity involved the destruction and recycling of election materials from the 2010, 2015 and 2016 electoral cycles that were now invalid. In preparation for this extension, a Request for Categorical Exclusion was issued and cleared by the Bureau Environmental Officer (BEO) - LAC-IEE-17-40.

In the course of the extension, it was determined that completion of all activities would not be achieved before September 30, 2017 owing to bureaucratic delays on the partner’s side with regard to the new activities, as well as the enlargement of existing activities to include the Indirect Elections, the final stage of the Electoral Cycle covered by the grant. Thus, this action is for a time extension for the current activities, with no new activities added.

2.0 CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE

  • All other aspects of the project design/activities and geographic scope remain unchanged from previous environmental analyses.
  • Annual Work Plan(s) have been verified to undertake only those activities originally proposed and all reporting requirements have been adhered to and remain unchanged. This project is in compliance.
  • There has been no change to the climate risk screening/management of the project in accordance with Mandatory Reference for ADS Chapter 201 on Climate Risk Management for USAID Projects and Activities.

3.0 REVISIONS

Per 22CFR216.3(a)(9), when ongoing programs are revised to incorporate a change in scope or nature, a determination will be made as to whether such change may have an environmental impact not previously assessed. If so, this environmental analysis will be amended to cover the changes. Per ADS 204, it is the responsibility of the USAID A/COR to keep the MEO/REA and BEO informed of any new information or changes in the activity that might require revision of this environmental analysis and threshold determination.

USAID APPROVAL of Amendment to RCE/IEE

PROJECT/ACTIVITY NAME:Transport Operations for Haiti – Elections 2015

Approval: / ______
Jene C. Thomas, Mission Director / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Gerard Fontain, DG A/COR / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Jesse Leggoe, Policy Coordination and Program Support / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Abdel Abellard, Mission Environmental Officer / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Chris Ryder, Resident Legal Officer / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Robert Clausen, Regional Environmental Advisor / ______
Date
Clearance: / ______
Rory Donohoe, Acting Deputy Mission Director / ______
Date
Concurrence: / ______
Diana Shannon, Bureau Environmental Officer (required) / ______
Date

DISTRIBUTION:Jene C. Thomas, Mission Director

Rory Donohoe, A/DMD.

Jesse Leggoe, PCPS

Abdel Abellard, MEO

Robert Clausen, Regional Environmental Advisor, USAID/DR

Chris Ryder, RLO

Belinda Bernard, Gene George, LAC/CAR

Todd Anderson, LAC/ SPO

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